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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Eclairs = Ballerinas

Is there anyway you could walk on by their window in Paris.Three French Eclairs, original watercolor, 9" x 11"

LOOK at THIS!A savory eclair meant to look like canned peas and carrots peut-etre, but with chunks of smoked salmon instead! Does this not take the cake? Some say Fauchongoes overboard with their creativity but I am astonished by their ideas. A Fauchon demo in action.The finished beauties...MiamHediard across the boulevard tries to keep up - a losing battle in my opinion...LA MAISON DU CHOCOLAT keeps it simple with just 3 flavors: chocolate, coffee and caramel.

The caramel is to die for. Every Paris patisserie has the quotidieneclair.

You make me want to go to La Maison du Chocolat even more now by posting those eclair photos. I love eclairs! The ones with the zebra stripes and leopard spots are really cool looking too!-esmereldes (from Flickr)

Great post, Carol! Those eclairs are all so creative. My sister and I made them as kids once. Took us all day, but they were scrumptious. Not hard to make just very time-consuming. I love the ballet shoes, too--good eye for that connection. And of course, the peas and salmon are hilarious.

Oh my, Fauchon, Fauchon, Fauchon....Leopard prints? OH yes. I'll have what he's having on any day of the week. This post was just what I needed to see. Big merci, mon ami. :) Gorgeous paintings BTW!!!!ALl best, Jan

it warms my heart to see such lovely seemingly ordinary things we take for granted (although the French do elevate and appreciate -- like the savory eclair's especially the one with the peas and the salmon, a pot of tea a macaroon-- all delightfully come to life in your watercolors--- simply divine- simply beautiful... the photographs as the watercolors are a wonderful feast for the eye-- I love it all...

Perhaps les rabbits would like a little peas and carrot-smoked salmon eclair in the tr, the detainment vessel. Haute rabbit food! The Mistress must start a batch of choux paste at once! Big merci for the inspiration! It's been very slim pickins in the detainment vessel of late.